Tori Polk prize money
Tori Polk has been paid $6,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 1940th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from three paid finishes in the women's long jump, the best of them 4th.
The Diamond League pays by finishing place and nothing else. A published card sets what first through eighth is worth, the same figure in every discipline at that meeting, and ninth pays nothing.
Every payment
Where she finished, and what the card paid for it
| MEETING | DISCIPLINE | PLACE | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shanghai Golden Grand Prix 2014 | Long jump | 8th | $1,000 |
| Adidas Grand Prix 2013 | Long jump | 4th | $3,000 |
| Monaco 2013 | Long jump | 6th | $2,000 |
| All three | Women's long jump | - | $6,000 |
The three paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $6,000 is three separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.01% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
Season by season
2013 to 2014, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 2 | - | Adidas Grand Prix | $5,000 |
| 2014 | 1 | - | Shanghai Golden Grand Prix | $1,000 |
season running total
2013 is the biggest of them, $5,000 from two starts. Every season from 2013 to 2014 paid her something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $6,000.
Around Tori Polk on the money list
Ranks 1920 to 1960
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1920 | Melker Svärd Jacobsson | Men's pole vault | - | $6,000 |
| 1921 | Muriel Hurtis | Women's 400 m | - | $6,000 |
| 1922 | Nick Ponzio | Men's shot put | - | $6,000 |
| 1923 | Nicolas-Marie Daru | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $6,000 |
| 1924 | Niklas Arrhenius | two disciplines | - | $6,000 |
| 1925 | Pablo Torrijos | Men's triple jump | - | $6,000 |
| 1926 | Plamena Mitkova | Women's long jump | - | $6,000 |
| 1927 | Poļina Jeļizarova | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $6,000 |
| 1928 | Ramon Miller | Men's 400 m | - | $6,000 |
| 1929 | Ruddy Zang Milama | Women's 100 m | - | $6,000 |
| 1930 | Ruky Abdulai | Women's long jump | - | $6,000 |
| 1931 | Russell Robinson | Men's triple jump | - | $6,000 |
| 1932 | Sadik Mikhou | three disciplines | - | $6,000 |
| 1933 | Sahily Diago Mesa | Women's 800 m | - | $6,000 |
| 1934 | Sammy Alex Mutahi | Men's 5000 m | - | $6,000 |
| 1935 | Sara Aerts | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $6,000 |
| 1936 | Sergey Morgunov | Men's long jump | - | $6,000 |
| 1937 | Sophie McKinna | Women's shot put | - | $6,000 |
| 1938 | Tahesia Harrigan-Scott | Women's 100 m | - | $6,000 |
| 1939 | Thijmen Kupers | Men's 800 m | - | $6,000 |
| 1940 | Tori Polk | Women's long jump | - | $6,000 |
| 1941 | Tuğba Danışmaz | Women's triple jump | - | $6,000 |
| 1942 | Tynia Gaither | Women's 200 m | - | $6,000 |
| 1943 | Vonette Dixon | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $6,000 |
| 1944 | Yelizaveta Bryzgina | Women's 200 m | - | $6,000 |
| 1945 | Youcef Abdi | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $6,000 |
| 1946 | Yulenmis Aguilar | Women's javelin throw | - | $6,000 |
| 1947 | Axelina Johansson | Women's shot put | - | $5,750 |
| 1948 | Bassant Hemida | two disciplines | - | $5,750 |
| 1949 | Bo Kanda Lita Baehre | Men's pole vault | - | $5,750 |
| 1950 | Cornelius Tuwei | Men's 800 m | - | $5,750 |
| 1951 | Diondre Batson | Men's 100 m | - | $5,750 |
| 1952 | Karissa Schweizer | three disciplines | - | $5,750 |
| 1953 | Rohan Browning | Men's 100 m | - | $5,750 |
| 1954 | Abubaker Haydar Abdalla | Men's 800 m | - | $5,500 |
| 1955 | Ahmed Abdelwahed | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $5,500 |
| 1956 | Alia Armstrong | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $5,500 |
| 1957 | Bernardo Baloyes | Men's 200 m | - | $5,500 |
| 1958 | Bernhard Seifert | Men's javelin throw | - | $5,500 |
| 1959 | Britton Wilson | Women's 400 m | - | $5,500 |
| 1960 | Bruno Hortelano-Roig | Men's 200 m | - | $5,500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Tori Polk is 1940th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $6,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Tori Polk most
Adidas Grand Prix 2013 paid $3,000 for 4th in the long jump, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Erica Jarder, Tori Bowie, Funmi Jimoh, Brittney Reese, Janay Deloach and Shara Proctor.
Monaco 2013 paid $2,000 for 6th in the long jump, one of seven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Funmi Jimoh, Blessing Okagbare, Darya Klishina, Shara Proctor, Lauma Grīva and Tori Bowie.
Shanghai Golden Grand Prix 2014 paid $1,000 for 8th in the long jump, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Blessing Okagbare, Ivana Španović, Sosthene Moguenara-Taroum, Erica Jarder, Darya Klishina and Olga Kucherenko.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Tori Polk won?
$6,000, which ranks 1940th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from three paid finishes between 2013 and 2014.
What is Tori Polk's biggest Diamond League payday?
$3,000, for finishing 4th in the long jump at the 2013 Adidas Grand Prix. The Diamond League pays by place rather than by performance, so that figure is what the card in force that season paid for 4th and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Tori Polk gets paid?
Entirely by where she finishes. The series publishes one rate card a season and applies it to every discipline at every meeting, so a place is worth the same in the women's long jump as it is in the shot put on the same afternoon. Eight places are paid and ninth pays nothing. There is no bonus for a record and no share of a gate.
Is this everything Tori Polk earns from athletics?
No. This is the Diamond League, which is one series of 224 meetings. It holds no championship prize money, no national federation payment, no appearance fee and no sponsorship. What it does hold is every dollar the series itself paid her, priced off the card it published.
Where to next
The rest of the Diamond League money
Diamond League prize money ranks all 3,683 athletes across the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out. One place above Tori Polk is Thijmen Kupers on $6,000, and one below Tuğba Danışmaz on $6,000. Tori Polk is one of 659 United States athletes athletics has paid, and United States athletics prize money adds them up to $29,436,125 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see women's long jump prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Tori Polk has been paid in one of them. The biggest of the rest are women's 100 m, women's 100 m hurdles and women's 400 m. Every meeting she has raced is linked in the table at the top of this page, and Shanghai Golden Grand Prix has its own page across every edition of it.